LogFAQs > #965407944

My perspective is a bit skewed due to having been a teacher, but I think we need to hit this problem from multiple angles. First, yes, it should be harder to get firearms in this country, at least as hard as getting a drivers license. That is a huge political crapstorm though and there are too many people against it, and too many guns out there.

Meanwhile though, we need to fund out schools more, improve them, make more of them, and ensure they are secure with gates and guards. Classrooms need to stop being freaking mobile home units that can easily be broken into with no air conditioning or windows, and teachers need to have freaking assistants to allow them to teach instead of just focus on classroom management.

THAT everyone should be able to get behind. Heck, teachers should ALSO be paid more on top of that and be provided with classroom supplies etc. The entire school/education system needs to be revamped and made a priority. Security is certainly an important part of that, but it's only a part of how badly we are failing right now.

So yeah, deal with the gun issue (hopefully by working together and coming to a compromise both sides can live with), but while that battle (and it's always a battle sadly) is going on, focus on improving our education system and the lives of teachers everywhere.

And while I have been a teacher, I am not one now, nor will I be again more than likely, so it won't affect me directly. I have been one though and I know the struggle. I still have friends who are teachers who can't even rent an apartment due to the low pay they receive and the cost of medical insurance (and having a child).

It is LONG past time to make changes, and the recent shooting is just another example of how badly prepared we are, and how massively underfunded our education system is.